Weird Problem

[He Is Legend]

Ok

So i have windows media player 11 , and for the passed couple days when i try and play any type of movie file , my computer/windows media player , freezes / turns into slush and i end up having to restart

you know , anyone have any ideas ?

[He Is Legend]

really need some help guys :/

[Dan2]

Did you check the faqs?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/default.mspx

[OUTLAWS Tip]

I would just uninstall, reboot and reinstall. I've been using 11 since it came out with no problems.

[Sirc]

<insert witty anti-Microsoft joke here>

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Do you get an error message that states Windows Explorer has experienced problems and is shutting down? And if so, did you read the mod version that was causing the error?

[JIMINATOR]

<insert helpful solution here>

[Wiper]

Hmm strange problem, you got it also with music files?

One thing I suggest is using VLC-player, runs almost everything and is for free ( http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html ), but indeed won't solve your problem.

[He Is Legend]

Do you get an error message that states Windows Explorer has experienced problems and is shutting down? And if so, did you read the mod version that was causing the error?

nah yo , whenever i try and open a movie file , or go to a site like break.com that playes files . . it just gets soooo slow and acts like i have no graphics card at all . so i have to hold my power button down until it rerstarts cause i cant click start without it lagging out . . . weird

i rolled back to wmp 10 , still does it . . and all audio works just fine . . wmp is the only player i'll play my music with , makes my subwoofer happy with the srs WOW effects

and jim your no help

[ME BIGGD01]

Sounds like you have a dx issue. Have you run the dx utility? You may need to reinstall it and see if that works. Check to see if your video drivers and chipset drivers are up to date.

Another problem can be with your music directory. If you have a specific library you made need to go through it and look to see if you have a corrupt file in there. The problem can be Media player is trying to account for all your music and it is either caching too much or trying to read a specific directory with corrupt date. Both will crash your system.

[Mad Fox]

I hate this new media player... it is for the birds